Introduction Quizzes in GLOW (Canvas) offer options for faculty to design quizzes, exams, and surveys. Quizzes can accommodate a range of question types, including some that can be auto-graded. Faculty can build questions manually, or import questions from publisher materials or another GLOW course. Quizzes can draw random questions from… Continue reading »
Introduction Assignments in GLOW (Canvas) are a versatile element of the course tool suite. Faculty can build Assignments to suit many specific requirements, from traditional paper-based work to file uploads to media to integrated software (e.g. Google Workspace, Panopto). Faculty have fine-grained control over important elements such as grade weighting,… Continue reading »
Introduction GLOW (Canvas) provides 5 options for faculty to choose what students see first when they enter a GLOW course. This design flexibility empowers faculty to intentionally select the most pedagogically useful starting-point for students in their specific course. The default home page in GLOW is the Syllabus option. Faculty… Continue reading »
Introduction Modules enable faculty to organize (and students to access) GLOW course materials thematically, regardless of type. All types of digital object in a GLOW course can be included in a Module. Beyond simple presentation, Modules also enable faculty to easily set conditional access to course content, including date-release access… Continue reading »
Introduction GLOW (Canvas) is Williams’ learning management system, a suite of integrated tools for online learning and interaction. All academic courses (and many other campus programs) have GLOW spaces. A GLOW course can help faculty streamline how they provide course materials, communicate and interact with students, and collect and grade… Continue reading »
Login to GLOW, go to any of your course, then access the Course Media Gallery (Panopto). Click the “Open in Panopto” icon. 2. Select the drop-down menu next to your name and then select User Settings. 3. On the User Settings window, scroll down to Meeting Import Settings. Continue reading »
Williams first subscribed to Zoom in the early days of the pandemic to support remote teaching, and it was set up so that cloud-recorded Zoom meetings were automatically uploaded to Glow and Panopto. (Panopto is the video streaming service used by Glow.) At the time, that made good sense, since… Continue reading »
IMPORTANT: If you wish to move/copy videos to a new course, you must first go to the new course in GLOW and select the Course Media Gallery. This will create a new course folder in Panopto with proper permission. This initial step only needs to be done once for each… Continue reading »
Overview The Gradebook helps instructors view and enter grades for students. Grades for each assignment can be viewed as points, percentage, complete or incomplete, or letter grades. Sorting options and Gradebook Settings Students name column Grades Keyboard shortcut menu Only graded items (Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes) that have been… Continue reading »
Tools in GLOW Announcements Course Email Discussions GLOW Calendar Appointment Groups / Scheduler Tools in Google Calendar Appointment Schedule & Appointment Slots Virtual Meetings Google Meet Zoom Also Read: How do I view my GLOW calendar in Google Calendar? How… Continue reading »
Williams strives to be a place “where concern for the needs and ideas of other people is not only an educational, but an ethical, imperative” (Williams College Mission). Accessibility is an effort to ensure that all students, regardless of disability, face as few unnecessary barriers as possible to their… Continue reading »
How to GLOW A self-paced online introduction to using any of the tools in Glow. Organized using Modules Uses Pages Module Sample Course Organized using Modules Uses Assignments, Pages and Quizzes Front Page Sample Course Organized using Pages Front page (Home… Continue reading »
OIT Support If you are experiencing a GLOW related issue, email [email protected] to reach Instructional Technology Specialists, or email [email protected] to submit a ticket. Your inquiry will be answered within one business day. Course Design Consultation If you want a GLOW course design consultation, please contact your… Continue reading »
Get Help For faculty and instructors who would like help finding alternative resources for your courses, please contact your ITech liaisons. Online Learning Opportunities Codecademy Codecademy is an American online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python,… Continue reading »
1. Go to the Course Media Gallery of your course on GLOW. 2 Click the Create option, then select Upload Media. 3. In the window that appears, drag and drop video (or audio files) into the box, or select the box to locate the audio/video files you want to upload. Continue reading »
Instructors can stop Panopto (the Course Media Gallery) from adding closed captions automatically into videos at the folder level. You can still manually apply them to each video after the option is turned off, Go to the folder Click on the gear icon … Continue reading »
As a Panopto creator (usually the instructor), you can delete the automatic closed captions in a single Panopto video by going to the settings area: Click on “Settings” under the title of the video Select “Captions” from the left navigation bar Select the language to delete Choose “Delete Captions” and… Continue reading »
This guide walks you through the steps for scheduling appointments. You have a choice of tools: Google Appointment Scheduler or the GLOW Calendar. Google Appointment Scheduler may be a better choice if you will be meeting individuals instead of groups and you already use Google Calendar to schedule other events. The… Continue reading »
GLOW’s Course Media Gallery (Panopto) produces automated captions that are typically about 80% accurate that can be applied to audio or video materials that are created or uploaded. Since Zoom cloud recordings are automatically moved into Panopto, these are available to be captioned as well. To apply automated captions, go… Continue reading »
All Zoom meeting hosts have the option to enable Live Transcription closed captioning in Zoom meetings and are encouraged to do so. To make live transcription available to meeting participants, hosts can select the ‘Live Transcription’ button in Zoom and then select ‘Enable Auto-Transcription’. Not seeing the Live Transcripts button?… Continue reading »
Q: What is a Jamboard? A: Jamboard is an electronic whiteboard from Google for Education. Williams faculty, staff, and students use the web and app-based shared virtual whiteboard solution for online visual collaboration. Google also uses this term for a physical device, or kiosk, which is not available at Williams. Continue reading »
Zoom is very configurable and the options available will often take their default state from the meeting host settings. Many of these settings can be modified within the meeting or set in advance on a meeting by meeting basis. Zoom offers an overview guide of… Continue reading »
1. Login to GLOW and go to your course where you want to add your recording. 2. Click the Course Media Gallery link on the left. 3. Click on the purple +Create button and choose Panopto for Mac or Panopto for Windows PC, depending upon your OS . 4. Continue reading »
1. Go to your GLOW page where you want to embed a video (e.g. announcement, assignment, discussion, page, syllabus or quiz). 2. Click on the Panopto iconon the Rich Content Editor. 3.Choose your video and click “Insert.” Back to GLOW FAQ Home… Continue reading »
Establish Effective Communication Channels with My Students Question Yes No I am prepared to communicate updates, changes, and other relevant information to my students. I can create channels where students can respond to me I can schedule live sessions I can create… Continue reading »